down time/s

it's been a kind of down day ... the sun is out, and it's raining, the sidewalk is yellow with pollen and i feel drained and dry. it's hard for me to understand exactly why the sadness creeps in when it does. life is overflowingly full, i'm needed and plugged in, i have friends - really great ones - and i'm just a little sad, and very tired.

my soul feels stretched thin again, and i've been longing for solitude and time with God alone. peggy smith and melanie morris are leading a women's class at the creek now. the book we're reading: sacred rhythms by ruth haley barton, has come at just the right time.

how do we work through these dead times, the times when everything feels distant and strange? i feel a step off, in everything ... but somehow, i always weave my way back onto the path and breathe a sigh of relief when i do. but what do you do, what did i do last time, to work out of it? maybe it's not me at all, maybe it's something else that pulls me back.

neglect!

wow. i am incredibly neglectful. i can't believe the semester is halfway over, the holidays are long gone... and here i am.

it's been a packed three months or so. i have a second housemate - tiffany - who is wonderful and sweet, i have finished costuming her show, Enchanted April, and am recovering from working the job contact service room at SETC. pray hard, i'm angling for a good summer internship at a theatre... anywhere.

on the wow, i can't believe it side of things: IAN AND BRITTANY ARE ENGAGED.

and my prayers and joy are with them. brittany is a blessing and i can't imagine a more amzing, talented and deeply loving match for my sweet brother. thank you Lord.

and then, Chris is about to graduate, along with several of my favorite people. i've been here over a year now, and looking back i am simply amazed at the person God has allowed me to become.